This policy explains what information Best of Knitting collects when you visit this website, why it is collected, and what you can do about it. It was last updated on 3 September 2026.
Who we are
Best of Knitting is a personal blog about knitting and crochet, published at bestofknitting.com. For anything relating to this policy or to your personal data, contact [email protected].
Information you give us
Comments. If you leave a comment, we collect the name, email address and any website address you enter in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent. This helps with spam detection. Your comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognised and approved automatically.
Email. If you write to us, we keep your message and email address so that we can reply and, if the matter is ongoing, refer back to it. We do not add you to any mailing list without your asking.
Information collected automatically
Like almost all websites, this site’s server records standard log information for each visit: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, the page requested, and the date and time. This is used for security and to diagnose problems, and is not used to identify individual readers.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. This site uses them to remember your details if you leave a comment, so that you do not have to type them again, and to keep the site working correctly. You can delete cookies or refuse them entirely in your browser settings; parts of the site may then behave differently.
Advertising
Best of Knitting may display advertising served by third-party advertising networks and their partners. Where it does:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on your previous visits to this and other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve advertisements to you based on your visit to this and other sites on the internet.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info/choices.
- Third-party advertising vendors set their own cookies and are governed by their own privacy policies, which this policy does not cover.
Analytics
We may use a web analytics service to understand which pages are read and how visitors arrive at the site. This produces aggregate statistics such as page views and referring sites. It is not used to identify you personally.
Affiliate and outbound links
This site links out to patterns and resources on other websites. Some links may be affiliate links, meaning we could receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase, at no additional cost to you. Once you follow a link away from this site, that website’s own privacy policy applies, not this one.
Embedded content from other sites
Articles may include embedded content such as videos or images from other websites. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited that other website, which may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with it.
Your rights
If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have the right to ask what personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected, to have it erased, to object to its processing, and to receive a copy of it. If you have left a comment, you can ask us to erase it and the data attached to it. To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected].
If you are a California resident, you may request details of the personal information we hold about you and ask that it be deleted, and we will not discriminate against you for asking.
How long we keep information
Comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely unless you ask for removal. Email correspondence is kept for as long as it is useful for the matter it relates to. Server logs are kept for a short period and then overwritten.
Children
This site is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the revised version will be posted on this page with a new date at the top. Substantial changes will be noted clearly.
Contact
Questions about this policy: [email protected]
